Sneaky fantasy pickups entering Week 1

You've read our rankings and blog entries and chats and other good stuff and presumably are all ready for the rest of Week 1 in this sure-to-be fine 2012 fantasy football season. But have you begun to prepare for the rest of September? What about October, when the bye weeks get awfully annoying, or your December playoffs? In this Friday blog entry staple, we're not looking to the immediate Sunday like everyone else, but future Sundays with sneaky pickups to secure before everyone else knows about them.

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Eric Karabell

Eric Karabell is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric contributes to ESPN The Magazine and appears on a variety of digital platforms for ESPN.com. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2011.

Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors all Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.